Posts by Production

Achieving Opacity

By Bill Hood • January 4, 2012

Everyone wants maximum opacity, whether it’s printing red ink on white or white ink on black. And, it seems that everyone belongs to the …

Coming Clean

By Bill Hood • July 17, 2011

Cleaning the shop can be a chore that few envy. But clean we must and on a regular basis or be faced with a …

Tools for Success

By Bill Hood • July 10, 2011

Every screenprinter needs tools! Now that I have said that, my addiction to buying the necessary tools doesn’t seem so bad. I have spent …

Selling Nuts to Dolphins?

By Bill Hood • June 3, 2011

I am a proponent of Seth Godin and his marketing concepts. In fact, I actually get a lot of non-marketing information from Godin. His …

Making it Better

By Bill Hood • May 26, 2011

This is about a printer in a small town that is just starting out and how he is assuring his future by becoming the …

Changing the Standard

By Bill Hood • May 15, 2011

In 1982, I purchased my first dozen Newman Roller Frames. While I understood that the frame system was the most innovative tool that I …

Novice Forum Myths

By Bill Hood • April 25, 2011

Just when I think I have heard every harebrained idea in this industry, someone comes with a new one that just blows me away.

Boost Profitability and Margins

By Bill Hood • March 26, 2011

Far too often, many screenprinters will put the screens on the press and then make on press adjustment until the print looks right and …